The Chinese/Vietnamese Diaspora
Over three decades have passed since the first wave of Indochinese refugees left their homelands. These refugees, mainly the Vietnamese, fled from war and strife in search of a better life elsewhere. By investigating the Vietnamese diaspora in Asia, this book sheds new light on the Asian refugee era (197591), ref-ugee settlement and different patterns of host-guest interactions that will have implications for refugee studies elsewhere. The book provides:
a clearer historical understanding of the group dynamics among refugeesthe ethnic Chinese Vietnamese refugees from both the North and South as well as the northern Vietnamese refugees.
an examination of different aspects of migration including: planning for migration, choices of migration route, and reasons for migration.
an analysis of the ethnic and refugee politics during the refugee era, and the subsequent settlement and resettlement.
This book will be of interest to students and scholars of globalization, migration, ethnicities, refugee histories and politics.
Yuk Wah Chan is Assistant Professor at the Department of Asian and International Studies at City University of Hong Kong.
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The Chinese/Vietnamese diaspora: revisiting the boat people / edited by Yuk Wah Chan.
p. cm.(Routledge contemporary Asia series; 33)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Vietnamese diasporaHistory. 2. RefugeesVietnam. 3. Refugees ChinaHong Kong. 4. RefugeesUnited States. 5. Boat peopleVietnam.
I. Chan, Yuk Wah.
HV640.5.V5C52 2011
305.89510597dc22
2010052704
ISBN: 978-0-415-61310-1 (hbk)
ISBN: 978-0-203-81310-2 (ebk)
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